Foraging — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of searching for food and provisions

collect or look around for (food)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɔːɹɪdʒɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɒɹɪdʒɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɒɹɪdʒɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /fˈɔːɹɪdʒɪŋ/.

Examples

The animals forage in the woods

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

forage scrounge

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of searching for food and provisions
verb	collect or look around for (food)
verb	wander and feed “The animals forage in the woods”

Word Forms

forage	verb	collect or look around for (food)
scrounger	noun	someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
forage	noun	the act of searching for food and provisions
foraging	noun	the act of searching for food and provisions

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nahrungssuche

die Suche nach Nahrung und Proviant

🇫🇷French

recherche de nourriture

l'acte de chercher de la nourriture et des provisions

🇪🇸Spanish

forrajeando

el acto de buscar alimentos y provisiones

🇮🇹Italian

foraggiamento

l'atto di cercare cibo e provviste

🇳🇱Dutch

foerageren

de handeling van het zoeken naar voedsel en proviand

🇵🇹Portuguese

forrageamento

o ato de procurar alimentos e provisões

🇷🇺Russian

добыча пищи

поиск еды и провизии

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खाना ढूंढना

भोजन और प्रावधानों की खोज करने का कार्य

🇧🇩Bengali

চরা

খাদ্য এবং বিধান অনুসন্ধানের কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

உணவு தேடுதல்

உணவு மற்றும் பொருட்களைத் தேடும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

మేత కోసం

ఆహారం మరియు సదుపాయాల కోసం శోధించే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

चारा

अन्न आणि तरतुदी शोधण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચારો

ખોરાક અને જોગવાઈઓ શોધવાનું કાર્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆಹಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ

ಆಹಾರ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಬಂಧನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തീറ്റ കണ്ടെത്തുന്നു

ഭക്ഷണത്തിനും വിഭവങ്ങൾക്കുമായി തിരയുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਾਰਾ

ਭੋਜਨ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਾਂ ਦੀ ਖੋਜ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

چارہ

خوراک اور سامان کی تلاش کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

觅食

寻找食物和供给品的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

採餌

食べ物や食糧を探す行為

🇰🇷Korean

채집

음식과 식량을 찾는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kiếm ăn

hành động tìm kiếm thức ăn và đồ dự trữ

🇹🇭Thai

การหาอาหาร

การค้นหาอาหารและเสบียง

🇮🇩Indonesian

mencari makan

tindakan mencari makanan dan perbekalan

🇵🇭Filipino

paghahanap ng pagkain

ang pagkilos ng paghahanap ng pagkain at mga probisyon

🇲🇾Malay

mencari makan

perbuatan mencari makanan dan bekalan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

البحث عن الطعام

فعل البحث عن الطعام والمؤن

🇮🇷Persian

جستجوی علوفه

عمل جستجوی غذا و آذوقه

🇹🇷Turkish

yiyecek arama

yiyecek ve erzak arama eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חִפּוּשׂ מָזוֹן

פעולת החיפוש אחר מזון ומצרכים

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